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Our Expert Database connects you with multidisciplinary women’s health researchers, professors, and trainees. Use this platform to find a collaborator for your research project, identify an expert to comment on current events, discover a supervisor for your graduate work and more. Alternatively, browse the profiles below to get to know our members.
Laura Pritschet
Laura Pritschet is a graduate student working with Dr. Emily Jacobs in Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She leverages techniques from network neuroscience and neuroendocrinology to explore how sex steroid hormones impact human brain function across hormonal transition periods. The goal of her research...
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Laura Schummers
Dr. Laura Schummers, ScD, is a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist. After completing her doctorate of science in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Schummers joined the Contraception and Abortion Research Team in the Department of Family Practice at UBC as a postdoctoral fellow. She is now an...
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Laura St Clair
Laura is a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University in the lab of Dr. Sabra Klein. She received her Ph.D. in molecular virology, where she focused on understanding how RNA viruses manipulate and alter host metabolism during infection to support viral replication. In Dr. Klein’s lab, Laura’s research focuses on...
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Lauren Drogos
Lauren finished her doctorate in Psychology in 2014. She began working as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Women’s Mental Health Research Program in 2005 and completed her Master’s Thesis in 2009 on “Endogenous Oxytocin across the Menstrual Cycle and with Oral Contraceptive Use: Effects on Verbal Memory and Mood...
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Lauren Hayes
Lauren Hayes is a communications professional and small business owner based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With a passion for improving women’s health, Lauren specializes in health communications, working with organizations across the healthcare ecosystem to amplify important stories, drive meaningful conversations, and empower positive change. As the founder of her...
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Lauren Kobylski
Lauren Kobylski, MPH is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at George Washington University with a long-standing commitment to improving perinatal mental health outcomes. Her background bridges psychology and public health with training in both qualitative and quantitative methods. Her current work uses mixed methods to explore risk and protective...
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Le Tam Nhan Nguyen
I am a Biomedical Scientist at the University of British Columbia (UBC) with over eight years of experience specializing in molecular oncology and host-pathogen interactions. My research is dedicated to understanding the intersection of genetic stability and tissue morphogenesis, with a particular focus on how BRCA1 deficiency impacts mammary gland...
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Leah Sarah Peer
Leah Sarah Peer is a Medical Student, Global Health Fellow and a Graduate with a Specialization in Biology & a Minor in Human Rights. She is the Founder & Executive Director of the Peer Medical Foundation (PMF), an aspiring youth-led international not-for-profit organization advancing health equity, diversity & inclusion. She...
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Leanne Laur
Leanne is a grassroots women’s health advocate and lived-experience leader focused on bridging disability, mental health, and women’s healthcare gaps through practical, community-driven solutions. Her advocacy began after her own cervical cancer journey and the challenges she faced navigating disability systems, mental health supports, and inconsistent care pathways. Instead of...
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Leonora Angeles
Leonora (Nora) C Angeles is Associate Professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. She is currently the Graduate Program Advisor of the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. She is also faculty...
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Lexia Bao
Lexia Bao is a fourth year undergraduate student at UBC. She’s currently a member of the Viau Lab researching stress-induced sex differences and will begin her co-op term at the lab in September.
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Lianna Wat
Dr. Lianna Wat’s research interests focus on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying how males and females regulate energy metabolism differently. Lianna completed her PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology in Dr. Elizabeth Rideout’s lab at the University of British Columbia. During her PhD, Lianna identified novel functions for metabolic genes...
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